2024 HOLT Medallion Winners

2024 Winners and Finalists for the Virginia Romance Writers' HOLT Medallion Award

Best First Book

Winner: Wolf's Keep - K.E. Turner

• Finalists:

Abounding Hope - Cindy Kay Stewart

The Earl Was Wrong - [[Britt Belle]

Julia Monroe Begins Again - Rebekah Millet

Something I Haven't Told You - Pearl Ada Pridham

Best Book by a Virginia Author

Winner: The Dark Reckoning - Sarah Hamaker

• Finalists:

Date The Alphabet - Laura Langa

The Earl Was Wrong - Britt Belle

Gemini Wild - Laura Navarre

Naughty And Nice - Mari Carr

Extra Spicy/Erotic Romance

Winner: Beautiful Sin - Jennilyn Wyer

• Finalists:

Gemini Wild - Laura Navarre

Pony Camp - Roz Lee

Radiant Sin - Katee Robert

Salt Kiss - Sierra Simone

Historical Romance

Winner: A Reluctant Debut - Teresa Sweeney

• Finalists:

A Duke, Love & Sunshine - Tabetha Waite

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Lion Of TWilight - Lathryn LeVeque

The Moonstone Duke - Meara Platt

Long Contemporary Romance

Winner: Challenging The Chef - Shanna Hatfield

• Finalists:

Press Release - Leslie O'Sullivan

Something Old, Something New - Amy Clipston

Starstruck - Amy Clipston

Things We Left Behind - Lucy Score

Long Inspirational Romance

Winner: The Color Of Sky And Stone - Sara Davison

• Finalists:

26 Below - Kimberley Woodhouse

Cold Light Of Day - Elizabeth Goddard

Fairest Of Heart - Karen Witemeyer

Wildflower Falls - Denise Hunter

Mid-Length Contemporary Romance

Winner: Date The Alphabet - Laura Langa

• Finalists:

Caught By The Cowgirl - Tanya Agler

Haley And The Yeti - Laura Langa

Influence - Peggy Jaeger

Look Smart - Aly Stiles

Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

Winner: The Christmas Love Letters - Sue Moorcroft

• Finalists:

Dead Keen - Anise Eden

Guardian Of Time - J.R. Lesperance

One Southern Summer - Heidi McCahan

Something I Haven't Told You - Pearl Ada Pridham

Romance Novella

Winner: Mountains Made Of Glass - Scarlett St. Clair

• Finalists:

How The Hitman Stole Christmas - Katie Reus

The Lyone Who Loved Me - Tracy Sumner

Naughty And Nice - Mari Carr

True Stars Collide - Claire Marti

Romantic Suspense

Winner: Into The Fire - Irene Hannon

• Finalists:

Above 'N' Beyond - Tee O'Fallon

Final Shot - Kaylea Cross

Lost In The Dark - [[Gail Chianese]

To Hold And Protect - Sandra Owens

Short Contemporary Romance

Winner: Love At First Cowboy - Jennie Marts

• Finalists:

Almost In Amalfi - Leigh Adams

Fortune's Fatherhood Dare - Makenna Lee

Reunited With The Children's Doc - Susan Carlisle

Second Chance For The Heart Doctor - Susan Carlisle

Short Inspirational Romance

Winner: Amish Wilderness Survival - Mary Alford

• Finalists:

Dedicated To The One I Love - Beth K. Vogt

Hunted At Christmas - Dana R. Lyn

A Steadfast Companion - Myra Johnson

The Shifting Current - Dani Pettrey

Speculative Romance

Winner: Unleashed - Aria Glazki

• Finalists:

Bitten By Surpise - Lizzy Gayle

Guardian Reassign - Catherine Rull

Logan: The Shadow And The Pen Dragon - Susan Lute

Sight Beyond The Sun - Melody Johnson

Young Adult Romance

Winner: Bring Me Your Midnight - Rachel Friffin

• Finalists:

Night Of The Witch - Sara Raasch, Beth Revis

Please Live For Me - M.W. McKinley

Unwanted: Finding Where You're Loved - Elise Manion